A.N. I think I'm going to stick to third person perspective. I keep trying to write in first and I end up switching half way through the chapter so I hope it works. Let me know what you think.

Chapter 4: Goin' Down

All I need is someone to save me
'Cause I am goin' down
And what I need is someone to save me
'Cause I am goin' down
All the way down

The Pretty Reckless

The drive to Elena's from the boarding house was filled with a comfortable silence. They both knew that there was a lot to be discussed but for right now they were content just being together. They exchanged short glances and small smiles the whole drive. Hesitantly, Damon reached out and took her hand in his, drawing circles with his thump on top of her hand.

"So, how did the conversation with Stef go? I promise I wasn't eaves dropping. I went to the blood bank. I didn't want you to feel even more pressured while talking to him" Damon asked while turning down Elena's street. "It went well, surprisingly. I was completely honest and he respects my decision. He learned a little bit about himself during our little talk. It was pretty interesting" Elena answered confidently. Damon responded with a questioning look which she quickly brushed off, not wanting to have another Katherine talk tonight. They pulled up in front of her house and Damon vampire speeded over to open her door, holding out his hand to walk her into the house. When they made it to the door hand in hand, Damon stopped her abruptly before she could get out her keys.

"Elena, call Stefan. Tell him we have a possible situation and I'm gonna need his help" Damon breathed. "What's going on Damon? What do you hear?" Elena implored. "I can't hear anything. But I smell blood, a lot of it" Damon said cautiously, half expecting her to rush into the house. She looked up into Damon's begging icy blue eyes, "Please, call Stef and wait for me to check out the house before you walk in" he asked. Elena nodded her head and called Stefan. "Hello?" he answered, sounding like she'd woken him up. "Stefan, Damon says there's a possible situation in my house and that he might need your help. He doesn't know what happened he just said he smelled a lot of blood" she explained. "I'll be right there" he said quickly and hung up.

Elena walked back up to her door way, hesitantly walking through the hallway and toward the kitchen. "You never listen, do you?" Damon said from standing behind the island in the kitchen. Elena refused to peer over the island; she didn't want to see Jenna or Jeremy lying on the floor in a pool of their own blood. "Sorry, I was worried. Stefan says he'll be right over" she murmured, trying to not breathe in the scent of blood.

"It's John. He's dead" he said as Stefan walked in. "Jenna and Jeremy are both fine, I checked" Damon finished. Elena visibly relaxed at his statement. "Elena, go upstairs and grab some clothes. You're staying at the boarding house until we get this figured out. Wake Jeremy and tell him to do the same. Stef, call Alaric and fill him in. Jenna can stay with him" Damon instructed. They both nodded and went about fulfilling their orders. Damon went to work disposing of John's body and cleaning up the blood.

10 minutes later, the kitchen was spotless and Damon and Stefan were sitting at the kitchen table in deep discussion. "You smell it right?" Damon asked his brother. Stefan nodded, "You don't have to be on human blood to recognize that smell. Katherine's back. Her scent is all over the kitchen and the front yard" Stefan said angrily. "Well, lets get everybody out of here before the crazy bitch decides to come back for a repeat performance" Damon said through gritted teeth. The idea of Katherine being in Elena's house was terrifying to Damon. He knew he would have to watch Elena every second to make sure he kept Katherine's claws away from her doppelganger.

After compelling Elena's Aunt Jenna into staying at Alaric's, Damon quietly walked into Elena's room and watched her pack. She seemed to be moving around aimlessly and hadn't noticed him leaning in the door way. He pushed open the door and cleared his throat, making sure that he wouldn't scare her with his sudden presence. She turned around to look at him and immediately her chocolate brown eyes pooled with tears. Quickly, he walked over and took her in his arms, rubbing soothingly up and down he back. "Shh, Elena it's okay" he murmured while she quietly sobbed. "I'm going to make sure that you and Jeremy are safe and I know Ric is going to do the same for Jenna. So let's get you packed and out of here. You've had a really long day. You need to relax and get some sleep" Damon comforted. Elena nodded into his chest and breathed in his comforting scent for one more second before quickly packing her clothes and leaving her house with Damon, Stefan and Jeremy.

A.N. This seems like a good stopping point for tonight. It was brought to my attention by a review that I have been spelling Stefan wrong. I'm so sorry for the mix up. It won't happen again. Review please. I'll post again before I go to bed. Which could be anytime during the morning. I promise. Thanks- Ashley. Don't forget to check out my other story.